Category: FEC

Coordination, FPPC disclosure push, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 9, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, New Jersey, Texas, Washington

BACHMANN COORDINATION ALLEGATIONS. The Times. “Representative Michele Bachmann’s presidential hopes ended 20 months ago, but her brief and chaotic campaign continues to be the focus of ethics investigations.” CST: SUBPOENA. Here. “The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possibly illegal coordination between U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s 2012 presidential campaign and a political action committee involving the […]

Aides fly, ad buys, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 6, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FEC, HLOGA, LDA, Meta, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia

BITCOIN GIVING. Bloomberg. “The FEC’s legendary dysfunction aside, I don’t think it’ll be easy for it to refuse the PAC’s request. (In an e-mail, former FEC lawyer Kenneth Gross agreed.) As former FEC chairman Trevor Potter noted in another e-mail, campaigns and political committees may already accept contributions in foreign currencies (provided they are from […]

Bitcoin request and other political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 5, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Louisiana, Michigan, Texas, Virginia

BITCOIN REQUEST. Politico. “The Federal Election Commission is poised to determine rules governing donations made in Bitcoins and how they apply to political campaigns.” ERROR IN PAYMENT. Story here. “Rep. Tom Reed accidentally paid a Steuben County tax bill out of campaign funds last year, but he insisted Tuesday that the mistake – which broke […]